bill bateman's bistro reisterstown

Food is very good here and you get plenty of it! I love their wings and their Chicken Caesar Salad. Crab dishes are excellent also. In fact everything that we have ever had here has been very good. I think the restaurant itself needs a facelift but hasn't affected the taste of the food and it is clean so that's what counts to me!

I have been to this place several times for happy hour and have not been disappointed. Each day of the week is a different special. Check the website or call them for details. Fridays are busy in the bar, so it may be hard to get a table. They have free tacos on Fridays.Wednesdays they have a $10 crabcake, fries and coleslaw special. Very good crabcake, lots of crab, little filler. This is also the $2.75 draft beer day. They have a lot of craft beers on tap, some change. I think there were at least 20, good selection. They also have a $5 bar food menu all the time if you sit in the bar area. The choices are pretty good for $5 too: crab pretzel, 2 slider burgers & fries, fried shrimp. There were around 10 items to choose from.During the week it is kind of quiet there, which worked out great because we had a group of 12 for happy hour and had no problem getting a table.

Wings were pretty dull as was the crab soup. Go to watch a game or play pool and drink some beer. We were there at noon for lunch midweek and the place was empty.

We've given this place a few tries and I'm disappointed every time. Awful service and the food is average at best. It seems dirty. It's a shame since there are so few decent restaurants in the area.

Good wings, good selection of beer. Large inside area with nice bathrooms. Good food, I would eat there again.